. Henry II . SEAL OF GEOFFREY THE BASTARD AS BISHOP ELECTOF LINCOLN (5-1. SEAL OF JOHN AS COUNT OF MORTAIN (i) 1189] HIS DOWNFALL AND DEATH 171 Normandy, Henry sent Geoffrey with almost all hisforces to Alengon, himself making his way towardsChinon. John now took the opportunity of desert-ing his father, although Henry had just shown hispartiality for him by making the seneschal of Nor-mandy and Earl William de Mandeville swear thatin the event of his death they would only give upthe castles of Normandy to John and to none , his brother, base in birth but not in nature,as soon as
. Henry II . SEAL OF GEOFFREY THE BASTARD AS BISHOP ELECTOF LINCOLN (5-1. SEAL OF JOHN AS COUNT OF MORTAIN (i) 1189] HIS DOWNFALL AND DEATH 171 Normandy, Henry sent Geoffrey with almost all hisforces to Alengon, himself making his way towardsChinon. John now took the opportunity of desert-ing his father, although Henry had just shown hispartiality for him by making the seneschal of Nor-mandy and Earl William de Mandeville swear thatin the event of his death they would only give upthe castles of Normandy to John and to none , his brother, base in birth but not in nature,as soon as he had discharged his commission spurredback to join his royal father, whose illness, aggravatedby the strain and grief of the last few days, hadentered upon its final stage. Meanwhile Philip, carrying everything before him,had reached Tours on 80th June. There he receiveda mission from the Count of Flanders, the Arch-bishop of Rheims, and the Duke of Burgundy, urginghim to come to terms with Henry. Tours wascaptured on 3rd July, and next day King Henryagreed to a mee
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